Winows 7 For 8th Gen Intel Processors

[lother]

hi to everybody i want to know whether can install windows 7 on latest gen. processor motherboards. am tried but usb and other devices cant install or available.. can u tell me how to install windows 7 on latest gen processors

 

[Uncle Mac]

If your that up to date Ive read some MB vendor are no longer compatible or support Windows 7.. Asus for example..
Maybe better consider Window 10 and get use to it...

 

[Uncle Mac]

Here is Way to Install Drivers in latest generation Processors

Sorry no videos allow.. He can google for this...

 

[FaisalShafique]

Sorry Gear Admin Plz Google This will help you to solve
How to Install Windows 7 on Kaby Lake (7th Gen Intel)
and this method also
How To Install Windows 7 On Skylake, Kaby Lake And Coffee Lake!! (6600, 7700, 8700)

 

[sturuss]

As promised, a quick guide to installing, running, and yes, now, updating windows 7 on kaby lake and later systems.

We know that Microsoft has said windows 7 ( and 8 ) will not be supported on new 7th and 8th generation systems.
Not exactly true, they install and run just fine, they even download updates, to a point.
Microsoft decided to break their user agreement to continue support untill 2020 by blocking updates to 7th gen systems, beginning around March this year 2017.

We used cloning software to do it, then sort out drivers, and also can be done slipstreaming an installation with all updates, something that could be difficult for the novice user, so this is for a 'clean' installation of windows 7. Not as simple as installing windows 10, you're going to have to work at it a little.

As most new computers now only have USB 3.0 ports, we run into a known issue, as windows 7 does not have 3.0 drivers.
some do run mouse and keyboard without, if installed from DVD, but some didn't. Easiest way is to download an ISO file for your operating version and yes, you do need a key from valid installation disk in order to activate it.
Then add the USB drivers to this ISO file, most motherboards have this tool available on their site for your model. ( obviously, if you have USB 2.0 ports as well then simply install from DVD and use them for keyboard and mouse.)

From another computer:
before commencing, a tip; clear out your downloads folder, either copy all to another folder or disk, just so things don't get messy later. You can put them back after. You will need a clean USB drive with at least 8gig of space.

1. get the ISO download tool
Then select the version of windows that matches your valid installation disk, and confirm. make sure it has service pack 1

2. We used a free program called rufus to create a bootable USB drive get the portable version, after downloading the zip, make sure to extract all files to the downloads folder. From the extracted folder select the .exe file and run, no need to install.
This will ask for your ISO file and copy it to the USB drive. leave it at fat 32 file system and it will format the disk first.

3. Go to motherboard manufacturers website support section for your model and get the USB installation tool. This tool usually includes NVME drivers as well, windows 7 does not know about these drives and may not 'see' the drive, tick the box for USB 3.0 and if using these drives also tick NVME. Point the tool to your USB drive with the ISO file on it and let it run.

All is needed now is to plug in the USB drive to the new kabylake system and get BIOS to boot to USB. Everything from here on should work exactly as in the past when installing a new OS. Enter the key from your version of windows 7 etc. Should it stop installing or not see a drive then a mistake was made in creating ISO file.

Next, go ahead as normal with drivers etc. from motherboard, we didn't get any errors as most have win 7 drivers, but I have been told some of the newer disks have not included windows 7 drivers, not sure, obviously we couldn't test every type of board, but they are available on the website support section for your model.
Note: the old Internet Explorer 8 does not work correctly these days, so get chrome first if you need to download things.
It will be upgraded to IE11 through updates

 

[zycyp]

My two cents:
I'm an absolute Fan of Windows 7: I use it daily and in fact, I'm writing this post from it,

BUT

Even you can install Win7 in Gen7 systems, in my humble opinion, is not a good idea since as @sturuss said, MS has blocked updates to 7gen systems (Bad move MS....)

Probably will be better in the long run if you install a clean, streamlined version of Win10 which for sure you can find in TEAMOS .

Again, is just an humble opinion based in my experience installing win7 in enterprise hardware and having to switch to a "sanitized" win 10 after a couple of months.

 

[Uncle Mac]

You should use the standalone Registry Editor. To solve this problem, I prefer to use a recovery environment, which can be accessed, for example, from the operating system installation disk.

To open Registry Editor using an installation DVD or USB storage Follow these steps:

Run your computer using the installation CD. You may have to select a DVD / CD or USB drive as the first boot device in BIOS settings
To do this:

-turn on the computer and press the DEL or F1 or F2 or F10 key to enter the BIOS (key, enter the BIOS, depending on the computer manufacturer);
-in the BIOS menu, find the Boot Order (This option is usually located within the Advanced BIOS menu options);
-in the boot up sequence, select CD / DVDRW or USB (depending on the type of media for installing windows files) as the first boot device.
-Save the changes and restart the computer by pressing F10.
After rebooting the system, the computer starts booting from the installation disk.

After downloading, click on "Next" on the first screen, then select "System Restore".
Click on "Next" and start the command prompt, type regedit and press Enter.
In the Registry Editor, select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEA branch in the "File" menu, click "Load Hive".
Open the drive where Windows is installed.
Go to the Windows \\ system32 \\ config directory, select the system file, and click "Open". Enter a name (for example, Offline), and then click OK. Expanding the branch of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, you will see a partition created (in our example it is called Offline). Expand the new section and go to the next subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ Offline \\ ControlSet001 \\ Services \\ msahci
open the option start and change the value to 0 (zero), and then click OK.
Perform the same procedure in the item: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ Offline \\ ControlSet001 \\ Services \\ pciide
If you are using RAID (otherwise skip this step), do the same thing here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ Offline \\ ControlSet001 \\ Services \\ iaStorV

Close the Registry Editor, command line, and then restart the computer. extract disk installation. That is the operating system for booting normally. Windows now needs, without any problems, to start installing the necessary controller drivers on the hard disk.

Often, after replacing the motherboard or the hard drive changes the mode controller to the BIOS settings (RAID, compatible, AHCI, Original SATA) the system load starts as usual, there is start-up and then - Reset information about the passed POST BIOS, and again, start downloading with the same procedure. This usually happens due to the fact that the system can not load the boot device driver.

That's it!

Have a nice day!

 

[shhnedo]

If you're talking about a 300 series motherboard(which you most probably are, since 8th gen isn't compatible with 200 series boards), there's no hope for you. There are almost no working drivers for the platform. Find a way to strip down a windows 10 iso and use that until 10 Enterprise LTSC comes out.